SOUTHEASTERN FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY v. Hicks

McMurray, Judge.

Mrs. Brenda C. Hicks (also shown as Belinda) was an insured under a policy of insurance issued pursuant to the Georgia Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations Act. The policy insured a 1973 automobile which was owned by her mother and in which Mrs. Hicks was a passenger when she was killed in an automobile collision on June 18, 1975. Mrs. Hicks was survived by her husband, Melvin Hicks, plaintiff herein, and by two minor children. Plaintiff brought this action to recover the survivors benefits provided under the insurance policy as required by Code Ann. § 56-3403b (Ga. L. 1974, pp.…